London
T: Shelton Corr
examd.
An Inquisition indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at the London, that is to say, at the Parish of Saint Sepulchre
in the Ward of Farringdon
without in London
aforesaid on the thirteenth day of December in the twenty ninth year of the reign of our Sovereign
Lord George the third
by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith Etc. before
Thomas Shelton< no role >
Gentleman
Coroner
of our said Lord the King for the City of London
and Borough of Southwark
on view of the Body of
Samuel Camp< no role >
now here lying dead by the oath of
Edward Wright Whitcomb< no role >
,
William Pettit< no role >
, Joseph Greated,
Thomas Frith< no role >
,
Thomas Massey< no role >
,
Hugh White< no role >
, John
Bush, John Polingue,
Thomas Mears< no role >
,
Nathaniel Streak< no role >
,
John Blackett< no role >
,
Thomas Large< no role >
, Richard Soar,
Daniel Luffman< no role >
and
George Barnett< no role >
good and lawful men of the City of London
aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lord the King when
how and in what manner the said
Samuel Camp< no role >
came to his death say upon their oath that a certain person whose name to the Jurors aforesaid
was yet unknown on the eighth day of December in the year aforesaid at the Parish of Saint Faith in the ward of Castlebaynard in London
aforesaid being
driving a certain empty Cart drawn by three Horses along and through a certain open and public place and common highway there called Saint Pauls
Church Yard and that the said
Samuel Camp< no role >
being then and there going and passing along and through the said open and public place and common
highway aforesaid it so happened that the said Samuel Camp accidentally casually and by misfortune fell to the Ground there And that the said
Samuel Camp< no role >
so then and there lying on the Ground as aforesaid the middle horse and hind horse drawing the said Cart did then and there accidentally
casually and by misfortune go upon and pass over the head and body of him the said
Samuel Camp< no role >
by means whereof he the said
Samuel Camp< no role >
did
and there divers
[..] mortal wounds
[..] bruises in and upon his said head and body Of
[..] said mortal wounds and bruises he the said
Samuel Camp< no role >
from the said eighth day of December in the twenty eighth year aforesaid until the twelfth day of the said month of December in the same
year as well at the Parish last aforesaid in the Ward aforesaid in London
aforesaid as also at the said parish of Saint Sepulchre in the said ward of Farringdon
without in London
aforesaid did languish and languishing did live On which said twelfth day of December in the year aforesaid at the parish and
Ward last aforesaid in London
aforesaid the said
Samuel Camp< no role >
of the said moral wounds and bruises did die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath
aforesaid do say that the said
Samuel Camp< no role >
in manner and by the means aforesaid casually and by misfortune was accidentally killed And that
the said middle horse and hind horse drawing the said Cart were moving to the dealt of the said
Samuel Camp< no role >
and are of the price of five
shillings and the property and in the possession of a certain person or persons whose name or names to the Jurors aforesaid is or are as yet
unknown In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said
Edward Wright Whitcomb< no role >
the Foreman
of the said Jurors on behalf of
himself and the rest of his fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition at their hands and seals the day Year and place first above
written.
Ed W Whitcomb [mark] Fore Man